Improve “current hour” display / reduce 1-hour jump in timeline

[ucelme]

I’ve noticed a small but quite important usability issue when looking at “current conditions” vs model time steps.

Problem

When viewing models for USA cities like - https://www.windy.com/multimodel/33.640/-84.810?33.640,-84.810,8

For example, at 16:00 local time, the interface may immediately show 17:00 as the active forecast step instead of reflecting a clearer “current hour” view or interpolated current conditions.

This makes it harder to quickly understand:

what conditions are happening right now
whether we are before or after a temperature peak
how current observations relate to model output
Why it matters

For users doing short-term forecasting (aviation, weather trading, outdoor planning, etc.), the difference between:

“now (16:00)”
and “next model step (17:00)”

can be confusing, especially when the UI jumps forward rather than anchoring to the current hour.

Suggestion

It would be very helpful to have an option such as:

“Lock timeline to current hour”
or “Show interpolated current conditions between model steps”

Even a simple UI indicator like “NOW (16:00)” separate from model steps would improve clarity a lot.

[idefix37]

@ucelme
I'm not sure Windy is willing to make interpolations between 3-hour time steps, given that the Premium version offers 1-hour time steps from the weather model.

[idefix37]

@ucelme
I see that you are Premium user now.
So you should toggle the 1h-switch.